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Mission To Mars (Secondary)

This activity will ask the pupils to consider what is needed to sustain life and then to consider ways that these needs could be met should humans decide to settle on Mars. This activity can be done individually or in small groups (up to 3).

Resources

Each group will need:

A printed copy of the activity sheet (see below)

A sheet of A3 paper

A ruler

A pencil

Age Suitability:

11 to 14

14 to 16

When humans go to Mars they will need somewhere protected to live where there is oxygen to breathe, food to eat, places to sleep and places to work!

We'll need some where comfortable to relax after a long day working – and something to help us explore the surface of Mars when we venture outside.
• How can we get oxygen to breathe?
• What will we eat and how will we prepare it?
• Where will we get water from?
• What can we do to relax?
• Where will we carry out experiments?
• How can we explore the surface?
• How can we communicate with people back on Earth?

Think about everything we need here on Earth to survive day to day – and see if you can create a base camp on Mars, which would allow people to live there for a long time. Draw it on the paper and label everything in your base camp.